Food cabinet



C.`T. PAPAY.

FOOD CABINET. APPLlcAloN msn FEB.6,1922.

Patented Got. 117, 1922.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY PAPAY.

FOOD CABINET.

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Patented @ich i7, i922.

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CHARLES TOTH PAPAY, 0F AMBRDGE, PENNSYLVNI..

F003) CABINET.

Application filed February 6, 1922. Serial No. 534,563.

To @ZZ v@from t may concern.'

Be it known that l, CHARLES Torri PAPAY, a citizen of Hungary, residing at Ambridgc, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful lm- }1|i-cvements in Food Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

vly present invention has reference to a food cabinet.

My improvement is primarily devised for preserving food. in the .winter time by ar ranging the cabinet on the exterior of a building adjacent to a window in a manner whereby the cabinet may be swung through the window openinginto a room so that the contents thereof may be removed or articles may be placed therein, and whereby the employment of ice as a referigerating agent is dispensed with.

A. further object is to produce a food caby inet that shall be hingedly supported on a frame which in turn is hingedly attached to a suitable support secured to the outside of a building adjacent to a window. the cabinet normally resting against the side of the window, the construction being such as to hold the same in such position regardless of winds or storms and the construction being also such as to permit of the cabinet and frame being swung to arrange the cabinet in the window opening Jfor the removal or the insertion of foodstuffs therein.

The drawings which accompany and which form part of this specification illus trate a satisfactory embodiment of the improvement reduced to practice, and wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view lookingtoward the exterior ofthe building provided with the improvement.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken directly above the cabinet and looking toward the same.

Figure 3 is a substantially similar view but showing the cabinet and frame swung to arrange the cabinet through a window openingin a room.

Figure Il is a perspective view of the supporting frame for the cabinet.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the cabinet with the door thereof in open position.

If desired, two cabinets, in accordance with this invention may be arranged one to each side of a window on the exterior of a building, but in the drawings I have shown only one of such devices.

Referring now to the drawings yin detail, l

the numerall designates a portion of" a buildingand2 a window casing in the building which is provided v,with the usual sliding sashes. Arranged vertically on the exterior of the building, to'one side of the window 2, and suitably secured thereto in any desired or preferred manner, is a strip 3. Onthis stripthere is hingedly supported7 as at e the upper and lower arched members 5 of a frame. Connecting the upper and lower bars 5 are vertical bars 6, and centrally connecting the vertical bars is an arched bar 7; To the outer ends of the upper and lower arched bars 5 of the frame there is hinged, as at 8 the back plate 9 of a boX-likefood receptacle or cabinet 10. The open front of the cabinet is closed by. a hinged door 1l, suitable latching means being provided between the door and cabinet. The interior of the cabinet may be suitably partitioned to provide the same with shelves or compartments. f

rlhe hinged connections 8 between the cabinet and the frame are disposed slightly beyond one of the sides of the window casing 2, and the device is arranged adjacent to the lower sash in the said casing.

iWhen access is desired to the cabinet, the lower sash is raised. and the cabinet and frame are irst swung outwardly to bring the door of the cabinet which is normally in Contact with the outer wall of the building., away from the building. The cabinet is thereafter swung upon its hinge cpnnection 8 with the frame and the frame and cabinet are moved inwardly through the window opening. The door may be readily opened by the housewife and foodstuffs may be arranged. in the cabinet or removed therefrom.v The device while primarily devised for preserving foodstuff in winter time may be also successfully used for ripening tomatoes oi" similar vegetables in the summertime, or as a matter of fact may contain other foodstus in' the summertime. The cabinet, when in its outer position will, as stated, rest against the outer wall of the building and by virtue of such contact will normally be held against outward swinging, but to positively hold the cabinet against such swinging by wind storms` l provide latching means 12 between the said cabinet and the window casing. The construction is extremely simple, may be cheaply manufactured, and readily attached to any ordinary construction of Having described the invention, I claim :-V-` ln a rfood. cabineqa vertically arranged plate designed to be secured to a support adjacent one-edge of saidv support, a frame having uppervand-lower `arclced bars hingedly connected yto the plate' .vertical bars j connecting saidvupper and lower arched bars and a centrally archedr rbar connecicedf` tofltlne Vertical bars, a cabinet liingedly connected to the france and susceptible to swinging thereon to bring lche cabir'1et`v into contacting engagenicnt with k'the support,'nieans orvlocking the 'cabinet'in such position, and said cabinee' susceptible "eo sw inging on and with the frame to arrange' chesanie inwardly 03": but along' one of theedges of the support.

In testimonywhereof l my signature.

CHARLES TOT-H PAPY. 

